AI Data Readiness Analyst (Onsite)

Alcon; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Alcon, a global leader in eye care, seeks a Sr. Associate to advance data governance, quality, and analytics enablement for its commercial org.

This onsite Fort Worth role collaborates with teams across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America to transform data into trusted assets and enable AI-driven decision-making. The role emphasizes defining metrics, maintaining data catalogs, and ensuring data quality, with hands-on work in SQL, cloud platforms, and CRM data environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• Strong SQL and data management skills with a track record of data quality work.
• Experience in data governance, metadata management, and defining business metrics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales, Analytics, Data Engineering, IT, and stakeholders to enable trusted data.
• Define metrics, data definitions, standards, and semantic models for consistent interpretation.
• Ensure data quality, profiling, validation, and root-cause analysis of discrepancies.
• Maintain data catalog content, lineage, ownership, and documentation.
• Assess AI-readiness and governance, implementing scalable best practices.
• Translate business needs into clear data products and reporting structures.

Skills

SQL

Data Governance

Data Quality

Data Modeling

AI Enablement

Commercial Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

Atlan

Alteryx

Salesforce

Job description

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Sr. Associate, Sales Technology & Analytics Enablement, you will be a key contributor in advancing the data, analytics, and AI capabilities that power our commercial organization. Based onsite at our Fort Worth, Texas headquarters, this onsite role offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America to ensure trusted, high-quality data supports commercial insights, business intelligence, and AI-driven decision-making.

In this role, you will help drive data governance, data quality, analytics enablement, AI readiness, metadata management, and commercial analytics initiatives that improve business performance and accelerate innovation. Partnering with Sales, Analytics, Data Engineering, IT, and Business stakeholders, you will transform complex data into trusted business assets that support reporting, decision-making, and emerging AI technologies. This is an exciting opportunity for a Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Governance Analyst, Commercial Analytics Analyst, Data Quality Analyst, Data Steward, or Analytics Enablement professional who is passionate about SQL, data integrity, business intelligence, AWS, Salesforce, data management, AI enablement, and commercial data strategy. Join Alcon and help build the foundation for the next generation of analytics and AI solutions that enable our mission to help people see brilliantly.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Partnering with Commercial, Analytics, Data Engineering, and Business teams to establish trusted data foundations that support reporting, business intelligence, and AI-driven decision-making.
• Building and maintaining business definitions, metrics, data standards, and semantic models that enable consistent interpretation of data across analytics platforms and AI solutions.
• Ensuring data quality, integrity, and governance by profiling datasets, performing validation checks, investigating discrepancies, and implementing improvements that increase trust in commercial data.
• Managing and enhancing data catalog content, including metadata, business definitions, ownership, lineage, and documentation to improve data accessibility and usability across the organization.
• Assessing data assets against AI-readiness and governance standards, identifying opportunities for improvement, and partnering with stakeholders to implement scalable best practices.
• Collaborating with business partners to define key metrics, document requirements, and translate complex business needs into clear, actionable data solutions.
• Supporting analytics, AI, and machine learning initiatives by helping ensure that data products, business rules, and reporting structures are accurate, governed, and ready for enterprise use.
• Troubleshooting data and AI-related issues, identifying root causes, and driving continuous improvement in data quality, documentation, and reporting processes.
• Monitoring data readiness, governance compliance, catalog coverage, and data quality metrics to help advance Alcon's commercial analytics and AI capabilities across North America, Latin America, and Canada.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs.; Assoc.+6 yrs.; M.S.+0 yrs.)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 2 Years of Relevant Experience
• Relocation/Sponsorship Assistance: Not Available
• Preferred Experience: Strong SQL and data management skills, with experience validating data quality, investigating data issues, and supporting analytics and reporting solutions.
• Knowledge of data governance, data integrity, metadata management, database structures, data models, and business metrics.
• Experience translating business requirements into documented data definitions, standards, and governance practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or other highly governed industries.
• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (AWS), data governance tools (e.g., Atlan), analytics solutions (e.g., Alteryx), and CRM platforms such as Salesforce.
• Exposure to analytics, business intelligence, AI, machine learning, or data readiness initiatives, including semantic business definitions and AI-ready data frameworks.
• Experience supporting commercial, sales, customer, or CRM data environments.
• Familiarity with emerging AI technologies, generative AI, and intelligent agent solutions.

How to Thrive at Alcon

Benefit from working in a highly collaborative and diverse environment where your contribution is valued. Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, paid time off, and much more! Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products and solutions that enhance sight, enhance lives, & help others "See Brilliantly!" Alcon Careers

ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.